Apparel-attached pipe.



'PATENTED MAY 31, 1904.

I. G. CLARK. APPAREL ATTACHED PIPE.

APPLICATION FILED PEBJQ, 1904.

N0 MODEL.

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Inventor;

Attorneys.

Patented. May 31, 1904.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IRA CLARK, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND JOSEPH L.SCHULER, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A PARTNERSHIP DOING BUSINESS AS THESCHULER & CLARK MANUFACTURING CO.

' APPAREL-ATTACHED PIPE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent, No. 761,148, dated May 31,1904.

' Application filed February 19, 1904, Serial No. 194,419 (NO mOdOlJ Toall whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IRA C. CLARK, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of the city of St. Louis-and State of Missouri, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Apparel-Attached Pipes, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to pipes; and its principal objects are to providea pipe that may be attached to the wearing-apparel of the smoker when inuse; to provide an apparel-attached pipe which may be assembled withoutthe use of solder, rivets, screws, or any fastening means other thanthatprovided by the parts; to provide a pipe having the advantages of a long-stemmed pipe without throwing the weight of the pipe upon the teeth andjaws of the smokenand other objects hereinafter more fully appearing. I

My invention consists in the parts and in the arrangements andcombinations of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, andwherein like symbols refer to like parts wherever they occur, Figure 1is a perspective view of my improved pipe. Fig. 2 is a front viewshowing the stem hung in the clip provided to receive it when not inuse. Fig. 3 is a front view with the bowl removed. Fig. 4 is a rear viewof the holder of the pipe. Fig. 5 is a fragmentary sectional view of theline 5 5 of Fig. 2. Fig. 6 shows the blank for the cover of the pipe,and Fig. 7 shows the blank for the remainder of the holder.

Theuse of an ordinary pipe when the smoker is at work is veryinconvenient. The weight of the pipe must be sustained by the teeth ofthe smoker, and it necessarily follows every movement of his head, whichresults in the frequent spilling of ashes. When notin use,

. it is placed in the pocket, which it soils, or

it is laid down and may be lost, stolen, or used by others. My improvedpipe is designed to obviate these objections and others.

My improved pipe consists of a holder, a bowl, and a stem. The holderhas a bodyplate 1, with integral forwardly-extending resilientbowl-supporting arms 2, a portion of their length being shaped toconform to' Substantially in thevertical medial line of the body-plateis an the shape of the pipe.

integral projection 1' 3, struck up from the body-plate. Above thebowl-supporting arms 2 clips 4, formed by rebent extensions of thebody-plate, are provided. AboWl-cover 5 is supported in these clips 4 bymeans of a downwardly-turned bifurcated flange 6. This flange slipsbetween the clips 4 and the bodyplate. The upper wall of theb ifurcationrests upon the projection 3 on the'body-plate,

and thus limits downward movement.

each side slight projections 7 are struck up in position to rest justbelow the clips 4when in position, and thus hold the cover in place. Theprojections '7 are small enough to be forcibly passed between the clips4 and-the body-plate 1; but it requires a force greater form may berested upon this tongue and fiiigers 1O rebent thereover. Bythisarrangement the pin is secured to the base without the use ofsolder, rivets, or any fastening means not integral with the base-plate.It is easily removable and, if injured, easily replaceable without thenecessity of using any' tools. Above the cover is a stem-supporting clip11, consisting of a resilient tongue struck up from the base-plate.

- The holder and cover abovedescribed are made from sheet metal and mayeach be made from an integral piece of metal. The blank for the cover isillustrated in Fig. 6, and the blank for the holder is illustrated inFig. 7, the portions of the blank from which the various parts areformed being given the same reference-numbers as the parts.

The bowl 12 may have any preferred form as to general outline,ornamentation, and the like. It is provided with a groove 13,in whichthe bowl-supporting arms 2 rest. At the rear side it is provided with avertical groove 14 to receive the projection 3 on the body-plate.

This arrangement insure the maintenance of the preferred position of thebowlv1z.,

with the stub-stem projecting parallel with this base-plate. Thisposition is preferred, for the stem will then always lie flat upon thebreast of the smoker, whether in use or in the clip 11. A stub-stem 15is secured to the bowl, and to this a flexible stem 16 is connected. Inthe opposite end of the flexible stem 16 a suitable mouthpiece 17 isinserted.

In use the holder is pinned to the breast of the smoker. The movthpiecel'? being s all and the flexible stem 16 being light, 'it is ascomfortable as a cigarette. The pipe is subjected only to the jars andmovements of the smokers trunk, which, are few nd notviolent, so thatthe spilling of ihe ashes is unlikely.

The pipe may be used with or without the cover, as preferred. 1 Thecover is preferably slightly above the top of the bowl, so as to preventits being fouled by the raisingof the tobacco immediately after i .1 islighted. When the bowl is removed to be filled, the cover remains on theholder, and thus does not interfere with the filling of the bowl. Whennot being smoked, the stem m y be hung upon the stem-supporting clip 11,as illustrated in Fig. 2, and the pipe simply left in place.

Obviously-my device is capable of considerablemodification within thescope of my invention, and therefore I do not wish be limited to thespecific construction shown and described.

, What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is

1. An apparel-attached pipe comprising a holder adapted for attachmentto wearing-apparel and provided with means to support a pipe-bowl, abowl, a flexible stem for said bowl, and means to prevent rotation'ofsaid bowl when in position on said supporting means.

2. An apparel-attached pipe comprising a holder adapted for attachmentto Wearing-apparel and provided with forwardly-extending resilient armsand a stem-supportingclip, a bowl having a circumferential vgroove toreceive said arms, and a flexible stem forsaid bowl.

3. An'apparel-attached pipe comprising a holder adapted for attachmentto wearing-apparel and provided with means to support a pipe-bowl and aforwardly-extending projection, a bowl having a recess in, position toreceive said projection when said bowl is in place on said supportingmeans, and aflexible stem for said bowl.

4. An apparel-attached pipe comprising a holder adapted for attachmentto wearing-apparel and provided with means to support a pipe-bowl, abowl, a flexible stem for said bowl, and a cover for said bowl removablymounted on said holder.

5. An apparel-attached pipe comprising a bowl, a flexible stem therefor,and a holder comprise g a body-plate, integral resilient arms f.n-vardly extending therefrom, a projection substantially in thevertical medial line of said body-plate, and a stem-supporting clipinteg; l with said body-plate.

6. A holder comprising a body-plate, an; integral tongue projecting'rearwardlytherefrom, a fastening-pin the bar of which rests upon saidtongue, and fingers integral with said body-plate rebent over said bar,whereby the fastening-pin is secured in position solely by .partsintegral with said base-plate.

7. An apparel-attached pipe comprising a bowl, a flexible stem for saidbowl, a holder consisting of a body-plate provided with means to supportsaid bowl, a projection substantially in the vertical medial line, andresilient clips extending toward each other from the sides of saidbody-plate, and a cover for said bowl having a downwardly-extendingbifurcated rear flange provided near its lower edge with projections,said flange adapted to be removably inserted behind said clips with saidprojections thereon immediately below said clips and the upper wall ofthebifurcation resting upon said projection upon said body-plate.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses, at St. Louis, Missouri, this 16thday of February, 1904.

IRA C. CLARK. In presence of I FRED F. REIsNER, J. B. MEGOWN.

